1974 London pillar box bombings

London pillar box bombings
Part of The Troubles
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Location	London, United Kingdom
Date	25 & 27 November 1974 25 Nov: 5.50pm, 6.00pm, 6:50pm 27 Nov: 8.30pm & 8.50pm (GMT)
Attack type	Time bomb
Weapons	Gelignite bomb, "come-on bomb"
Deaths	0
Injured	40
Perpetrator	Provisional IRA

On 25 and 27 November 1974 the Provisional Irish Republican Army (IRA) placed several bombs in pillar boxes and one in a hedge behind a pillar box. This was a new tactic used by the IRA in England, although a similar tactic had been used in Northern Ireland during The Troubles several times previously. 40 people were wounded from five explosions in several districts.^[1]